Kathmandu, Nepal's capital, is a vibrant, noisy and polluted city. Packed full of history, palaces and temples, it is also within touching distance of Nepal's premier attraction, the Himalaya mountain range and the world's highest peak Mount Everest ...

The car-free town of Zermatt, located in the Valais Canton at an altitude of 1600 metres, is a Mecca for those who love the mountains. The 4,478 metre Matterhorn—one of the world's most famous peaks—towers over the town centre. Zermatt also ...

Home to almost four million people, Cape Town is South Africa’s second biggest city (after Johannesburg), the provincial capital of the Western Cape, and the home of the country’s national parliament ...